Maid Marian and her merry Goodgym!

On a cool but pleasant spring evening, seven of Goodgym Redbridge's finest runners met to help out Wanstead Community Gardeners and ran 7km in the process.

It's been a while since the team got stick in with Marian and Wanstead Community Gardeners, so when we got an email asking if we could help with a BIG task we jumped at the chance. Marian and her team, reclaim bits of unloved land around Wanstead and Snaresbrook and transform them into havens of colour and beauty. We've been working with her for almost two years and we are proud to run past things we have help make happen in the local streets.

This week's task involved digging up plants at the Alan Burgess Centre - hope to AgeUK and right on Wanstead High Street. With seven runners in attendance and the briefing done it was a short jog down to the centre to meet Marian. Armed with forks and spades the group set about digging up plants, which will be moved to planters near the station, and clearing a flower bed for new top soil and planting in the next few weeks.

With sleeves rolled up and sweat on brows the team worked hard to get the deep rooted plants out and the beds cleared and within 45 minutes the job was done, the tools were returned and some trellis was brought up to the centre. A great task and one that would have taken Marian a week to do on her own. Go team!

With all the hard work done, it was time to shake out the legs with a pleasant run around Eagle Pond! Job done!